[Amie]

When I mean glide, I mean she flaps her wings and stays about 2 feet off the floor, but she can't gain altitude or any real speed. She can actually make it around my mother's entire house. It's about 50 feet or so from where her cage is right now to my bathroom, and if I DARE start running my bath water without getting her first, she can fly from her perch, around the sofa, into the dining room, around the table, into the hallway I'm staying in, make a sharp left into the bathroom, and land at the bath tub. The entire time, though, she's gradually losing height. Over the weekend, I was taking her in from her outside cage, and the neighbor started up his Harley. Scarlett freaked out, and flew for the fence, but couldn't gain altitude. She landed across the yard and hung out in the corner until I came to get her.

But, she can't take off from the ground. She only gets as high as she starts off. If there's a breeze outside, she can stay the same level and cross our neighbor's 6 foot fence, but she can't get any higher unless the wind is really bad, and I don't ever take her outside in lots of wind.